Extracting Data from the Web: Web Scraping Using R
This course will introduce you to extracting structured data from web pages, also known as “scraping” the pages. We will use the R programming language. The first portion of the... Read more »
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Dr. Michael Emch to give speech at Carolina Science Cafe
Join us on the first Tuesday of every month for Carolina Science Cafe, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s free, current science awareness program. For our upcoming event, we will be welcoming Dr.... Read more »
Introduction to Qualtrics
Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesQualtrics allows users to build complex surveys, distribute them, and analyze the responses all from one place. In this course, we will cover basic Qualtrics functions including creating some of the most common question types, programming display and skip logic, an introduction to “survey flow”, distributing surveys with an anonymous link vs survey mailer, creating... Read more »
Capturing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) in Survey Research
This course will provide participants with a broad overview of considerations and approaches for capturing sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). This includes examining the current best practices and approaches,... Read more »
2023 UCC Consulting Bootcamp
Join the Undergraduate Consulting Club (UCC) for a day of networking with 10+ firms and attend workshops to help you prepare for recruiting, interviewing, and consulting. The day will be split into two tracks—an exploratory track for first-years/sophomores and a personalized networking track for juniors/seniors. Bootcamp is a great opportunity for learning about your interests... Read more »
Get To Know Your Career Services Resources
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Panel with Curamericas Global: Community-Based Primary Health Care in Low Resource Areas
1305 McGavran-Greenberg Hall McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlease join us for "Community-Based Primary Health Care in Low Resource Areas," a panel discussion with speakers from Curamericas Global. Contact Caroline McKay with questions.
Public Health Career Planning
228 Rosenau Hall Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesRegister on handshake: https://unc.joinhandshake.com/login
Gillings on the Ground Disaster Response Training Program (Week 1)
Gillings on the Ground (GoG), is a free, six-week virtual "mini-course" hosted by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Through weekly sessions with community partners and UNC faculty members, GoG helps participants develop the skills needed to work effectively with communities in disaster preparedness and response.
Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesThe Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium (INSS) is an annual translational nutrition science conference. This conference will build on the dialogue that began in their first three symposia to develop best practices for translational nutrition science and to generate ideas for proposals and collaborative projects, which will lead public health, therapeutic and clinical efforts to reduce obesity and its... Read more »
Strategies to Ensure the Completion of the Doctoral Dissertation
This workshop will present proven strategies for mapping out a dissertation completion plan in any discipline. Workshop participants will learn how to develop relational success with the dissertation chair and committee, identify and delimit the dissertation topic, undertake a disciplined approach to the review of literature and become familiar with the essential chapter development of... Read more »
Academic Publishing 101: From Idea to Article…and Beyond
Room 219 Davis Library 208 Raleigh St., Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesAlthough graduate school teaches you many things, many Ph.D. students complete their dissertations having never been fully trained in academic publishing. How does academic publishing actually work? Where should you publish your research? How do you actually get papers accepted in strong academic journals? In this talk, we will discuss several major ideas in academic... Read more »
Introduction to Focus Groups
Focus groups are commonly used to capture rich information about attitudes and beliefs. This class will prepare prospective students to organize and moderate focus groups. Students will learn the most appropriate uses of focus groups, how to segment and recruit audiences, how to develop a moderator’s guide, and how to moderate focus groups. The class... Read more »
Introduction to Atlas.ti Part 1
This short course will demonstrate the capabilities of the PC version of ATLAS.ti (v 23), a qualitative analysis software program for coding and interpreting qualitative data. ATLAS.ti also provides numerous options for attaching memos and comments to text segments, documents, and codes. We will demonstrate how to import textual data, create and apply codes, write... Read more »
Active Shooter and Critical Incident Response Emergency Training
The Gillings School is hosting a Zoom training for Active Shooter and Critical Incident Response this Wednesday, from 2:30-3:30pm. This training is lead by Sgt. James David of the UNC-CH Police Department. Please register at https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsceiorz0vGdZxdVyCycfV7ACsWLXPuJAH. We will also host an in-person training on Wednesday, October 11, from 10:00-11:00am in the Joan H. Gillings Auditorium,... Read more »